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== Afro Kit ==
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== Afro Kit Covertape ==
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Image:Afro Kit 1.jpg|Afro Kit Covertape
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Image:Afro Kit 2.jpg|Afro Kit Instructions
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Image:Afro Kit Errata.jpg|Afro Kit Errata
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== Afro Kit Tape ==
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Image:The Music Box - Tape.jpg|The Music Box Tape
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== Pictures ==
 
== Pictures ==

Revision as of 07:08, 26 May 2007

Company logo
Box and Manual for the Amdrum

A drumkit by the British company Cheetah. The drumkit was able to play 8bit sound samples. Quality of the playback was nice, considering the time and price. The samples was read from the suplied tapes. There was serveral tapes with different themes! Along with the Amdrum came a sequencing program. It was possible to copy the samples to disc, but the sequencing program had to be patched!

Amdrum was probably Cheetahs version of the SpecDrum (As revealed on the PCB "AMSTRAD SPECDRUM")

No CPC emulator supports the Amdrum. To hear 'Amdrum' in action the Spectrum emulator Spectaculator emulates the SpecDrum.

No other software than Cheetahs own sequencer is know to use the Amdrum.

Technical Specifications

The PCB(oneside) contains five chips:

74LS30N Port decoding
74LS32N Port decoding
SN74LS04N ?
064C0P Amplifier?
Ferranti ZN428E-8 8bit DAC

IO Ports unknown

Afro Kit Covertape

Afro Kit Tape


Pictures

Manual in PDF

AMDRUM Manual

Weblinks

Site about the SpecDrum

Review of the Spectrum version

Another review

Other playback devices

Music Machine

Digiblaster